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# 1  
Old 05-27-2005
sleep problem
hi all

i have a menu (solaris unix), and every option calls a fuction. example:

Menu_Principal

while [ 1 ]
do

case $Opcion_UnCaracter in

A) Ayuda;;
a) Ayuda;;

C) Configuracion;;
c) Configuracion;;

bla,bla,bla....

esac
Menu_Principal
done

the problem is what when i call a function from the principal screen, doesn`t works, but, if i put to the function in the last instruction a "sleep command" (example : sleep 10), then it works OK.
anybody knows why? do i keep the sleep forever, or is there any solution for this?
# 2  
Old 05-28-2005
please post the complete code block in question ... not enough information posted to guess ...

... btw, you can also use this one to shorten your code a bit ...
Code:
 case $Opcion_UnCaracter in

A|a) Ayuda;;

esac

# 3  
Old 06-01-2005
I seem recall similar weird thing a long time ago.... Carefully check the script code file. In my past experience, it was caused by invisible/unprintable characters in script file. Or end of line is incorrect. vi does not help much. od/xd is the tool.

Good luck,

Tom
# 4  
Old 06-01-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by tom_xx_hu@yahoo
Or end of line is incorrect. vi does not help much. od/xd is the tool.
vi is perfect: issue "set list" at the colon-prompt

bakunin
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